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Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-6
Applicability of the Franchise Rule to a sub-agency licensing arrangement for cellular phone services. Discusses the "required payment" coverage element and the "minimum investment" exclusion from the Rule's disclosure obligation.
Case: Mattel, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 119, Page 969
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-5
Applicability of the Franchise Rule to a turn-key dry cleaning franchise. Discusses "significant assistance" coverage element.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-4
Adequacy of predecessor company's unaudited financial statements to comply with required disclosure of the financial statements of a newly formed franchisor, and to provide substantiation for earnings claims by the new franchisor.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-3
Applicability of the Franchise Rule to a not-for-profit education program. Discusses the lack of a "continuing commercial relationship."
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-2
States staff view that discount packages may not discount the basic services fee, that fees for washing and disinfection may not be charged unless required by applicable law, and discusses how fees for off-site and on-site viewing should be described.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-1
Discusses whether a group of funeral homes may use a consolidated General Price List and whether the Funeral Rule applies to pricing issues.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-2
Applicability of the Franchise Rule to a home-care services sub-contracting arrangement. Discusses "significant control or assistance" and "required payment" coverage elements, and "fractional franchise" exemption.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-1
Applicability of the Franchise Rule to computer software distributorship enabling health care providers to order medical and office supplies. Discusses applicability of the Rule to "distributorships" and the "significant control or assistance" coverage element.
Case: Creative Aerosol Corporation
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 119, Page 13
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 94-2
Concludes that the basic services fee may not be discounted; that consumers may add additional items to direct cremation, immediate burial, and forwarding and receiving remains without necessarily paying the full basic services fee; that the Rule requires disclosure of separate prices on the...
Case: Chemopharm Laboratory
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 1195
Case: BPI Environmental, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 930
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 94-1
Discusses the applicability of the Funeral Rule to a company that launches remains into space.
Case: North American Plastics Corporation
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 632
Case: Amoco Foam Products Company
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 194
Case: Keyes Fibre Company
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 150
Case: LePage's, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 31
Case: AJM Packaging Corporation
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 56
Case: Oak Hill Industries Corporation
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 44
Case: America's Favorite Chicken Company
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 1
Public Statement: Enforcement Policy Statement on Food Advertising
Type of Public Statement:
Policy Statement
I. Introduction II. Legal Framework for Commission Action III. Nutrient Content Claims A. Claims Describing the Absolute and Comparative Nutrient Content of Foods Absolute Nutrient Content Claims Comparative Nutrient Content Claims Synonyms for Nutrient Content Claims Implied Nutrient Content...
Case: Archer Daniels Midland Company
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 117, Page 403
Case: Mr. Coffee, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 117, Page 156
Case: Redmond Products, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 117, Page 71
Case: DeMert & Dougherty, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 116 , Page 841
Case: RMED International, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 115, Page 572
Case: Tech Spray, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 114, Page 514
Case: Jerome Russell Cosmetics, USA, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 114, Page 514
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 85-1
Expresses view that refusal to serve consumers who provide their own casket violates the funeral rule.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 84-1
Opines that refusal to accept a funeral because the family has purchased a third-party casket, and refusal to accept delivery of a third-party casket would be funeral rule violations.
Public Statement: FTC Policy Statement on Deception
Type of Public Statement:
Policy Statement
Public Statement: FTC Policy Statement Regarding Advertising Substantiation
Type of Public Statement:
Policy Statement
Appended to Thompson Medical Co., 104 F.T.C. 648, 839 (1984), aff’d, 791 F.2d 189 (D.C. Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1086 (1987). Introduction On March 11, 1983, the Commission published a notice requesting comments on its advertising substantiation program. 1 To facilitate analysis of the...
Public Statement: FTC Policy Statement on Unfairness
Type of Public Statement:
Policy Statement
Appended to International Harvester Co., 104 F.T.C. 949, 1070 (1984). See 15 U.S.C. § 45(n). The Honorable Wendell H. Ford Chairman, Consumer Subcommittee Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Room 130 Russell Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable John C. Danforth...
Case: Verrazzano Trading Corporation
Case: H. Myerson Sons, et al.
Case: Taylor-Friedsam Co., Inc.
Case: Delco Carpet Mills, Inc.
Case: Transair, Inc. et al.
Rule Summary: Green Guides
The Green Guides were issued to help marketers ensure that the claims they are making are true and substantiated. The guidance they provide includes: general principles that apply to all environmental marketing claims; how consumers are likely to interpret particular claims and how marketers can...
Rule Summary: Guides Against Bait Advertising
Public Comment Initiative: #315: FTC File No. R411004; 16 CFR Part 610: Free Annual File Disclosures Rule: NPR and Request For Comments On Proposed Amendments To the Rule To Prevent Deceptive Marketing of Credit Reports and To Ensure Access To Free Annual File Disclosures
Rule Summary: The Fair Credit Reporting Act: Appropriate Proof of Identity
Rule Summary: The Fair Credit Reporting Act: Model Forms and Disclosures
Case: PerfectData Corporation
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 116, Page 769
Public Comment Initiative: #341: FTC File No. P094511; Study of Food Marketing To Children and Adolescents: Request For Public Comments On Proposed Information Requests To 48 Major Food, Beverage, and Quick Service Restaurant Companies
Rule Summary: Labeling Requirements For Alternative Fuels and Alternative Fueled Vehicles
Rule Summary: Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act: Disclosure of Written Consumer Product Warranty Terms and Conditions
Rule Summary: Franchise Rule
The Franchise Rule gives prospective purchasers of franchises the material information they need in order to weigh the risks and benefits of such an investment. The Rule requires franchisors to provide all potential franchisees with a disclosure document containing 23 specific items of information...
Rule Summary: Nursery Guides
The Nursery Guides address numerous sales practices for outdoor plants, including deceptive claims as to quantity, size, grade, kind, species, age, maturity, condition, vigor, hardiness, growth ability, price, and origin or place where grown.

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